Pre-season co-ordination teamwork agility

Warm-ups don’t have to be boring - you can begin your session in a fun way that will prepare your players for the level of performance you want them to be at when your coaching points are being put across.

A lot of coaches don’t take the warm-up seriously. But it’s no use having players only 50% ready to learn at the beginning of your main session, because it will take another five or 10 minutes for them to get up to speed.

This exercise only takes seconds to set up, so it’s ideal for the days when you turn up to training straight from work and need time to organise yourself. Get your players playing straight away and the pressure will be off for a good 10 or 15 minutes.

Apart from warming up, young players learn a great deal about co-ordination. The players in the huddle have to use their skills to keep the lone tagger at bay. They actually have to think quickly to gain the upper hand. Meanwhile, the lone tagger is on the prowl, trying to catch the bibbed player.